Kokotiukha A. The Underground State / A. Kokotiukha. – Kharkiv : Vivat, 2024. – 304 p. – (Series "Fiction").

May 1945, Lithuania. World War II is ending. However, Sakalas, the commander of a Lithuanian armed resistance unit, is convinced that it's too early for Lithuanians to celebrate victory. With the defeat of Nazi Germany, Lithuania's state independence has not been restored. The territory is once again controlled by Soviet authorities. Instead of liberation and freedom, it has brought terror, repression, and violence. Lithuanian villages are forced to feed the occupying army.

The "Forest Brothers"—as the partisans call themselves—become the regular army of an underground Lithuanian state. The novel's protagonists, Sakalas, Liutas, Tarzanas, Azhuolas, Sharunas, and a Ukrainian Ivan Martyniuk, who is called Jonas, present readers with a collective portrait of the rebels who challenged the Russian occupying power. They repeatedly prove that the omnipotent Soviet state security can be powerless on foreign soil...